Pellona
| Pellona | |
|---|---|
| Pellona castelnaeana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Pristigasteridae |
| Genus: | Pellona Valenciennes, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Pellona orbignyana (a synonym of Pellona flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1837)) Valenciennes, 1847 | |
| Species | |
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Pellona is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Pristigasteridae. The genus contains six species. Three of these are restricted to freshwater habitats in tropical and subtropical South America, while P. dayi and P. ditchela are found in coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific, and P. harroweri is found in coastal Atlantic waters from Panama to Brazil.